Angry Planet
Appearance
Angry Planet | |
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Created by | Peter Rowe, George Kourounis |
Starring | George Kourounis |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Running time | Half-hour episodes (23 minutes) |
Original release | |
Network | OLN |
Release | 6 March 2007 2010 | –
Angry Planet is a 39-part
Peter Rowe
of Pinewood Films. The series plays on the following networks:
- Pivot TV(US)
- Outdoor Life Network(Canada)
- The Weather Network (Canada)
- Travel Channel (Europe, Romania)
- Weather Channel(Australia)
- TV8(Sweden)
- MTV3 (Finland)
- Canal Evasion (Quebec)
- TVB (Hong Kong)
The first season of the series has also been released on DVD as a box set.
Each episode focuses on a different force of nature as Kourounis gets up close to investigate and document the most fierce natural phenomena the Earth has to dish out.
Seasons
Season One
- Tornadoes
- Winds of Autumn
- Wild Weather Season
- Yukon Wildfires
- African Hellhole
- Desert Monsoon
- Volcanic Wedding
- Avalanches
- Blizzards
- Sailing around Cape Horn
- Rope traverse of the Boiling Lake
- Wild Water
- Midwest Stormfest
Season Two
- Island Caving
- Hurricanes
- Waterspouts
- Hawaii Surf & Snow
- Thunder Down Under
- Hottest & Coldest
- Italia Wild
- West Coast Winter Weather
- Iceland - Fire & Ice
- Timbuktu - Birthplace of Hurricanes
- Indian Monsoon
- Java - Land of Fire
- Indonesia
Season Three
- HurricaneTriple Threat
- Elephant Cave
- Soviet Eco-Disasters
- Costa Rica
- Antarctica
- Arctic Winter
- Newest Land on Earth
- Highway to Hail
- Defying Gravity
- Under Pressure
- Crystal Cave
- Venezuela Lightning
- Empty Quarter Arabia
The series was produced from 2006 to 2010.
Awards
- Gemini Awardfor Best Host for the series.
- Gemini Awardfor Best Direction in a Reality Show.
- Peter Rowewon a Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) Award for Best Cinematography in a Reality/Lifestyle Show for the series in 2010.
External links
- Kourounis' website, contains latest news of filming Angry Planet (retrieved 4 December 2006).